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This news release is featured in a news conference at 8 a.m. PT on Monday, Nov. 5. Study Highlights: In early tests in humans, infusing the chief protein in "good" cholesterol rapidly...

This news release is featured in a news conference at 8 a.m. PT, Monday, Nov. 5. Study Highlights: Heart attack and other forms of acute coronary syndrome are costly to patients and their...

Study Highlights: Bypass surgery is more cost effective than drug-covered stents for people with diabetes who have multiple clogged heart arteries. Initially, bypass surgery may cost more...

Study highlights: Patients' daily functioning and sense of mental wellbeing remained the same while receiving chelation therapy The weekly infusions, which remove metals from the blood, had...

Study highlights: Angioplasty costs for treating patients with stable symptoms are slightly higher in hospitals that do not have emergency heart surgery back-up, compared to those that do,...

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As of 3:20 p.m. PT/6:20 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, the American Heart Association has lifted the embargo on its news release on the "Future...

Study Highlights: Patients with prior heart attacks enrolled in a clinical trial of a weekly chelation infusion regiment that included disodium EDTA and vitamin C had fewer cardiovascular...

Abstract 15551 - Embargoed until 3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET Study Highlights: An experimental device that converts energy from a beating heart could provide enough electricity to power a...

Tip Highlights: Color-coded syringe eliminates dosing errors, saves time during pediatric resuscitation Recurrent fainting associated with taking multiple medications Young adults less...

Study Highlights: In a Japanese study, family members were far less likely than friends, colleagues and strangers to effectively respond to a cardiac arrest. The lowest rates of survival...